Pause with Panda Review From Pause with Panda Editor's Rating ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Age Recommendation 4 Share! Editor's Review If your child needs help developing emotional regulation, empathy, and compassion, then your child needs to Pause with Panda. This comforting stuffed animal and support tool uses short, audible exercises called “pauses” to help children ages 4 and up pause and identify and respond to their thoughts, feelings, and bodies. When you first get your panda, you’ll need to charge it. A USB charging cable is included. Then you can download the Pause with Panda app. This is a parent app giving adults full control over their child’s experience with the panda. The app is also how you add and sync your panda to your account. Then you’ll be ready to use your panda. To listen to a pause, press any of the panda’s six Pause buttons. A Calm pause helps children focus on breath, a Focus pause helps kids tune into their senses to improve focus, a Move pause connects kids to their bodies through movement, a Love pause helps kids send themselves and others love and kindness, a Sleep pause plays a calming story to help kids drift off to sleep, and the Smart Heart pause plays affirmations. You can also use the Smart Heart to record your own pause from within the app. All of the pause content can be customized within the app, allowing parents to select which pauses – up to four per button – to be stored and played on your panda. The instruction guide gives parents tips on how to help children get the most out of the Pauses, and the included storybook introduces the panda character to kids along with what a Pause is and what each of the Pause buttons means. The panda does have four volume settings, which can be switched via the battery pack. Price Check $99 Should I get it? This is a great tool to help kids with MESH, or mental, emotional, and social health. Because this is all done through a cute plush panda, it makes learning these social/emotional skills fun and comforting. The panda is so cute and cuddly. Kids will like playing with the panda, cuddling up with it at bedtime, and using it to help them take a pause. And parents will appreciate that it requires no screens, minus a parent using the parent app. ProsCute stuffed animal Makes learning social/emotional skills fun & comforting Requires no screens Kids will also want to play & cuddle with the panda ConsNone More From This Category ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Philbin Bunny $27.99 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Spring and Hatchlings Moosh-Moosh $14.99 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Ms. Rachel Goodnight Frankie Bedtime Playset $24.97 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 4.5 out of 5 The Fantastic Four First Steps Stretch & Bend Mister Fantastic and Human Torch “Flame On!” Flyer $29.97 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Skibidi Toilet Plunger Blaster $24.99 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 Connetix Pro Constructor Set $99.99 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 4.5 out of 5 Disney Stitch Many Moods Angel $44.99 Watch the Review ★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5 KPop Demon Hunters Journals and Stickers $4.97 Watch the Review
